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When you visit McLamb Place Dental for your implant procedure, the process will start with a free consultation. This gives us the opportunity to hear your needs and desires for treatment and answer any questions you may have. We will also examine your oral tissues, remaining teeth, and jawbone to determine your candidacy for the surgery.

If we discover that you have existing conditions affecting your jawbone, natural teeth, or gum tissue, we will require that these problems be addressed before implants are placed. This ensures that the implants may heal properly and recovery is a smooth process. Preliminary treatments we may suggest include tooth extraction, gum disease treatment, or bone grafting.

Once we determine your oral health is in a condition capable of sustaining implants, you will be scheduled for surgery. During the surgical procedure, we will create a small incision in the gum tissue above the area where the implant will be placed. This will be used to access the jawbone and insert the implant post. Once the post has been embedded in the jawbone, the incision will be closed.

The healing phase will provide adequate time for the site to heal and for the post to fuse to the surrounding bone tissue. The implant post is made from titanium, a biocompatible material that can bond to the jawbone over between three and six months of healing.

Once the post has become bonded to the jawbone, it will become just as stable as a natural tooth root. Your new implant will finally be complete with the addition of the abutment and custom-made crown. In this final step, we will attach an abutment to the implant post; this will act as a connector between the post and the dental crown. The crown will be cemented into position on top of the abutment, bringing the entire synthetic tooth structure together.